...Somethin' Good! I'm tickled pink as a pig in slop (as they say!) creating a new blog to introduce a friend of mine. This is a sneak peak of her. Be on the look-out!
Category: Story behind the art
Me & My Books
A friend asked me the other day: So how many sketchbooks do you think you've filled? Hmmm...now there's a question! I had been telling her how I began to sketch and draw FOR ITS OWN SAKE, a few years ago following a year and a half or so of not drawing or painting at all. … Continue reading Me & My Books
Cupcake Bushes
Another version of those sculpted bushes at the top of my neighborhood. Instead of broccoli, now they look like cupcakes to me. This is watercolor used very much like acrylic (only it's so much more agreeable than acrylic, because it blends better and you can get wonderful color passages with watercolor AND it's less work … Continue reading Cupcake Bushes
Puffball Bushes
Another version of the broccoli bushes. Not terribly different from the first version, but more line work here. I think I'll try some really thick watercolor next!
Dad & Daughter
My husband and Maddie were sitting at the computer together and I just HAD to take their picture to create a portrait of their profiles! My hands had been itching to get into charcoal again and this was the perfect opportunity! I just hate it when my signature goes downhill! Grrrrrr.... P.S. Some of you … Continue reading Dad & Daughter
From Sketch to Finish
I suppose there are ideas that truly need to percolate a while. Whether it's out of necessity (life events) that one has to wait until he/she can actualize an idea into reality, or whether it's a host of artist blocks that lengthen the gestation period, I've certainly experienced this long term percolating, and there are … Continue reading From Sketch to Finish
Co-mMission #2 Accomplished!
Another commission piece completed! I've been working hard lately to catch up on some commissions that have been eluding me due to adjustments to the pump, school-year start-up, etc. etc. Feeling a bit lighter with each one completed! This one was especially enjoyable to paint: the current owner of our previous house commissioned me to … Continue reading Co-mMission #2 Accomplished!
Aslan’s Girl: Portrait #11
There are times when friends endure such suffering, that the only thing I feel I can do, is draw...draw something for them to ultimately receive, but also something for me to process my own grief and compassion. I don't really know how to tell you the full story of this not-even-two-year-old girl, named Kate, who … Continue reading Aslan’s Girl: Portrait #11
Cheer Girl
This is the first half of a commission I've been working on for some time now. A couple has graciously commissioned me to paint portraits of all three of their daughters, and this is their third daughter. For each daughter, they want a charcoal piece of their girl in action, and then a color portrait … Continue reading Cheer Girl
Watercolor Play
One of the most fun and beneficial things I do is to "play" with watercolor. You could call it "making abstract paintings", but that makes it sound like there's intention involved. Seriously, when I play with watercolor, I am really PLAYING! I just start with one color, any color, and then put down another, responding … Continue reading Watercolor Play